By Staff Reporter
MASVINGO – Great Zimbabwe University has taken delivery of US$500 000 worth of equipment for its Simon Mazorodze School of Medical and Health Sciences.
The Medical School Dean Professor Jacob Mafunda said the consignment arrived from China where it was ordered last year by the institution according to their specific requirements.
“We have received this consignment here which we ordered a year ago from China, and the equipment is intended for the Bachelor of Medicine, Biometric and Bachelor of Surgery. In these we also have six disciplines namely Anatomy, Biochemistry, Behavioral Science, Herbal Medicine, Pathology and Physiology,” said Prof Mafunda.
He went on to say part of the consignment will allow the medical school to be able to do paternity tests which he said will be done soon
“We have PCR equipment here, that is the medical equipment used for paternity tests; this means we will soon be doing paternity tests here,” he said.
He went on to say the school will work in partnership with Masvingo Provincial Hospital where students will go for clinical attachment and some of the equipment will go there, saying the development will help the community of Masvingo.
“Masvingo Provincial Hospital will be upgraded to a teaching hospital for GZU medical school. So we will have some of the equipment there for our students when they go there for clinical attachment.
“Some of the equipment will also go to our teaching hospital in Mashava and we will have some upgrades on all those areas,” said Prof Mafunda.
The Medical School was commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2022 in the presence of the widow to Dr Simon Mazorodze who the school was named after.
